GRE Word List

AVOCATION

a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby

The meaning of the word avocation is a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby.

Random words

WordMeaning
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
spruceto make spruce
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
shystera person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
concoctto prepare by combining raw materials
conventionagreement
equineof, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family
bellicosefavoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
debilitateto impair the strength of : enfeeble